Table 10
Labour force characteristics by territory, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
| April 2019 |
May 2019 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2019 | May 2018 to May 2019 | April to May 2019 | May 2018 to May 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | change in thousands (except rates) | % change | % change | |
| Yukon | |||||||
| Population | 29.7 | 29.7 | ... | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Labour force | 22.4 | 22.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 |
| Employment | 21.3 | 22.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| Unemployment | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -18.2 | 50.0 |
| Participation rate | 75.4 | 77.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 4.9 | 3.9 | 0.4 | -1.0 | 1.2 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 71.7 | 74.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | ... | ... |
| Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Population | 32.5 | 32.4 | ... | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.3 |
| Labour force | 23.0 | 22.9 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.4 |
| Employment | 21.3 | 21.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 | 1.0 |
| Unemployment | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 5.9 | -5.3 |
| Participation rate | 70.8 | 70.7 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 0.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 7.4 | 7.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 65.5 | 65.4 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 0.8 | ... | ... |
| Nunavut | |||||||
| Population | 25.8 | 25.9 | ... | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Labour force | 15.9 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| Employment | 13.6 | 14.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 7.6 |
| Unemployment | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -9.1 | 5.3 |
| Participation rate | 61.6 | 62.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.5 | ... | ... |
| Unemployment rate | 13.9 | 12.4 | 0.9 | -1.5 | -0.4 | ... | ... |
| Employment rate | 53.0 | 54.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0292-02 (formerly CANSIM table 282-0100).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
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